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A season that started with hardly any expectations, then saw the loss of No. 2 overall pick Jabari Parker and the mystifying departure of Larry Sanders, ended with a thud Thursday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. But the ride was memorable.

Loyalty. Passion. Fearlessness. It's what led Steve Wojciechowski to the captaincy at Duke University as a player, and to the right hand of legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski as an assistant. It's also what brought the man they call "Wojo" to Marquette University as its new head coach.

On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Bucks announced that interim head coach Jim Boylan would not be offered a contract to return and the head coaching search has begun in earnest. It is the first step in the process of "getting better" - something many players are looking forward to.

At the beginning of the year the stated goal of the Milwaukee Bucks - from the top of the organization on down - was to make the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2009-10. They did that. But, by capturing the Eastern Conference's eighth seed after struggling over the final six weeks of the regular season, the accomplishment was bittersweet.

Jason Collins, currently an NBA free agent, came out publicly to Sports Illustrated on Monday to become the first active male athlete to do so in one of the four major American sports leagues. His colleagues with the Milwaukee Bucks expressed their support of his decision and don't see it as an issue going forward in the NBA.